Goderville

Commune

Coat of arms

Goderville

Location within Normandy region

Goderville

Coordinates: 49°38′49″N 0°21′59″E / 49.6469°N 0.3664°ECoordinates: 49°38′49″N 0°21′59″E / 49.6469°N 0.3664°E

Country

Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc

Intercommunality

CC Campagne de Caux

Government

• Mayor (2001–2008)

Jacques Bunel

Area¹

7.98 km² (3.08 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

2,779

• Density

350/km² (900/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

76302 /76110

Elevation

97–134 m (318–440 ft)
(avg. 124 m or 407 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Goderville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

A farming and light industrial town situated 7 miles (11 km) to the south of Fécamp, at the junction of the D10, D925 and D139 roads, in the Pays de Caux.

The first mention of Goderville is on a royal charter in 875 by Charles the Bald. Charles was said to have the most bald head in all of the land. It dealt with the value and number of properties belonging to the chapter of Rouen. The town got its name from the family of Godard of Vaulx, first unknown lord of the manor. In 1492, they allied themselves by marriage to the Roussel family. In March 1651, Goderville was elevated to a baronetcy by letter patent.
Until the French revolution, the town was governed as a ‘sergenterie’.
The market, notable for linen, has existed since the 16th century.
Goderville absorbed the commune of Crétot in 1825.

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